Salim Abdullah Hussain Abu Abdullah
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-097-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 23.885942
Longitude: 45.079162
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Saudi Arabia
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 2 July 2018
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
his case being considered by the WGAD
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- 1 June 2017
- Type of attempted engagement
- UN raised case of person/organization
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- unclear
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Dammam Central Prison
- Reprisal information
repeatedly been placed in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time and been denied regular contact with his family, as an act of reprisal for having his case considered by the Working Group
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Deterioration in detention conditions
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 24 July 2018
- Government response content
Government stated a warrant for his arrest was issued pursuant to articles 35 and 103 of the Statute of Criminal Procedures and he was accused of committing many crimes, including killing several persons, shooting security officers, possessing arms and providing terrorists with weapons. Mr. Abu Abdulla’s arrest was pursuant to article 2 of the Statute on Terrorism Crimes and Funding of 2013 and his detention was extended pursuant to article 5 of the same statute, and his case is referred to the specialized criminal court. According to the Government he was not subjected to torture or ill-treatment nor forced to confess, and was provided medical treatment. Additionally he was not forced to sign a confession. His case is still pending.
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0